Ship Details

Vancouver (H.M.C.S.) (II)

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Registry #1 K.240 (RCN) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1942 Vancouver (H.M.C.S.) (II) Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1942 Place Esquimalt Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 205' x 33' x 13.5'
Builder Yarrows Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Steel Displacement 950
Gross Tonnage Type 1 Corvette, Flower-class (1940-41 Short-Forecastle Building Programme)
Registered Tonnage Type 2
Engine 2750ihp 4-cylinder triple expansion engine with 2 Scotch marine boilers. Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds She was modernized and her forecastle extended at Vancouver BC in 1943. Call Sign
Pendant  # K.240 Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1941-1946 she was owned by the Royal Canadian Navy.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1946-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
This vessel carried 230 tons of fuel and could reach 16 knots. Her endurance was 3450nm at 12 knots. This vessel was launched on 26/08/1941. This vessel served in the Aleutian Campaign. This vessel was broken up at Hamilton ON in 1946.
 
References
Macpherson, Ken and Marc Milner (1993); Macpherson, Ken and John Burgess (1981); Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Freeman, David J. (2000)
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